As an official Old (TM), I felt justified to warn her that finding grey in the hair on your head was actually one of the least rude places she was gonna get grey hair.
I mean, I have them in my eyebrows! I'm a brunette; there is no way to hide that without make-up or tweezing. So rude.
The depressing part? Of all the rude places grey hair can show up, eyebrows are actually the least rude.
Aging is not for the weak, and no one can make you laugh about this the way that Samantha Irby can.
So, yes, when I pondered on this very blog what book to read next at the end of April? Yeah, I went with wow, no thank you.
It was a good choice.
Samantha is funny.
She's 40-ish, and she catalogs the many ways her body continually betrays her (autoimmune disease, heart condition, seborrheic dermatitis, creaky knees, etc.). She also has an amazing perspective on how her formative years did NOT prepare her for adult things like home maintenance, tax forms, and making friends when you move to a new city.
She's not scared of talking about the topics that make many of us stammer like unreliable bowels and bad credit.
wow, no thank you is a collection of essays, so it's a great read for those time when you might need to read in chunks. I think Hello, 911? and A Simple Guide to Home Repair were my favorites--possibly because I could relate so well.
If you like to read semi-autobiographical humor essays, you're not squeamish about topics like Crohn's Disease, and you comfortable with the salty language, treat yourself to wow, no thank you.
You will thank me.
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